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BA
471: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Fall
2005
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Instructor Contact Info:
Name: Dr.
V.T. Raja
Phone: 737-6058
E-mail: Raja@bus.oregonstate.edu
Office:
Bexell 405
Office
Hours: Mon: 2 – 3 p.m., Tues: 2: 45
p.m. – 3: 45 p.m., Wed: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m., and
by appointment.
No office hours on Oct 3
(Monday) and Oct 5 (Wednesday).
Class Time/Place: Section
1: TR: 10:00 – 11:20 p.m., Bexell 321
Section 2:
TR: 12 noon – 1:20 p.m., Bexell 321
Section 3:
TR: 4:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m., Bexell 321
Textbook: Authors: Ralph Stair and George Reynolds
Title: Principles of Information Systems
Edition: Custom Edition (selected chapters from
seventh edition)
Publication: Thomson Course
Technology (Copyright 2005); ISBN#: 1-4188-9584-9
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The rapid evolution
and diffusion of information technology (IT) is transforming the way that many
organizations operate. To be successful
in the "information age," organizations will need people who are
knowledgeable about both the opportunities and the pitfalls associated with
IT. The BA 471 course has been designed
to help OSU business students better understand IT, how organizations may tap
the potential benefits of IT, and reduce the risks associated with IT. For an organization to thrive in today’s
business environment, managers and functional specialists in all areas –
finance, accounting, marketing, production and operations management, human
resources, and international business must perform their jobs effectively and
efficiently. The BA471 course helps
students from different options understand that IT plays a major role in
supporting all organizational personnel, (regardless of their functional
areas), so that they can perform their jobs effectively and efficiently. The course helps students understand that IT
provides the tools that enable all organizational personnel to solve complex
problems and to capitalize on opportunities that contribute to the success of
an organization.
The lectures,
readings, and assignments will introduce you to a number of key concepts and
timely issues related to IT applications in organizations. Some major topics expected to be addressed
include effect of IS/IT on competition, strategic role of IT, computer
hardware, software, database, telecommunication networks, intra- and
inter-organizational systems, network security for electronic commerce
applications, system development life cycle, and outsourcing of information
systems. In addition to the lecture and
reading material, students can expect to gain hands-on experience with the
organizational applications of information technology through projects
involving information technology.
PREREQUISITES
Required: BA 271 (Information Technology in Business), BA 275
(Quantitative Business Methods), BA 340 (Finance), BA 350 (Organizational
Systems), BA 357 (Operations Management), BA 390 (Marketing), and senior
standing. Highly desirable: Interest in learning how technology may be used
to support and enhance the way businesses operate.
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT/APPROACH
The course will use
a variety of means to address the course objectives. The lectures,
readings, individual and group assignments will introduce you to a
number of key concepts and timely issues related to IT applications in
organizations. The assignments/projects
will provide you an opportunity to explore and get exposure to business applications
of information technology.
COURSE
1)
Reading chapter contents from textbook is expected,
unless otherwise mentioned in class.
2)
Lecture notes and handouts distributed in class.
3)
There may also be additional readings available through
the OSU library, and web links announced in class.
GRADING
Tentatively,
individual grades will be based on a weighted average as follows. Instructor will announce in class, any
changes to the weighted averages given below.
Class
Participation 5%
Quizzes 15%
Assignments 25%
Exam
1 25%
Exam
2 30%
===
Total 100%
Expect individual
grades to be assigned as follows:
A: student's overall score >= 93% C+: 77% <= score < 80%
A-: 90% <=
score < 93% C:
73% <= score < 77%
B+: 87% <=
score < 90% C-:
70% <= score < 73%
B: 83% <= score < 87% D+: 67% <= score < 70%
B-: 80% <=
score < 83% D: 63% <= score < 67% F: Below 63%
GRADING: Notes and
comments
·
Exams: There will be one
mid-term exam and one final exam. The
date, venue and date for the exams will be announced later in class. All students are expected to be present for
the exams at the announced date, time and venue. It is the student’s responsibility to check
with the instructor in a timely manner regarding the date, time and venue of
the exams. A student who expects that he/she would be unable to take the mid-term
on scheduled date, must notify the instructor by the end of the fourth week of
the term via e-mail and in person. Typically, no makeup exams will be given
without the instructor’s prior approval.
Make-up exams for genuine reasons (such as medical emergency when
supported with appropriate documentation), will typically be given only after
the regularly scheduled exams.
·
If you miss class: If a student is
unable to attend a class session, it is the student's responsibility to acquire
the class notes, assignments, announcements, etc. from a classmate. The
instructor will be unable to give private lectures for those that miss
class. If a student misses more than
seven lectures then they could receive a severe penalty in their overall grade
and may end up receiving an “F” grade in the class. Switching
among sections without instructor’s prior approval would be considered as
missing class. Please expect the
instructor to make exceptions to this rule only if you have genuine reasons
such as medical emergency, which should be supported with appropriate
documentation. If the instructor makes
any exceptions to this ground rule, please expect penalty (up to 50%) to be
assessed.
·
Type up the
assignments: To receive full credit, homework assignments must be typed, have an
appropriate cover page, checked for spelling, grammar, etc.
·
Late submission of
assignments: Your performance in this course will depend to a major extent on your
ability to complete and submit your work assignments on time. Assignments must be turned in before the
specified deadlines. Assignments will not
be accepted for credit after the due date/time. (Note: A
computer/network/printer crash is not an acceptable excuse for late
assignments.) If you have a legitimate
personal emergency (e.g., health problem) that may impair your ability to turn
in an assignment on time, you will have to take the initiative to contact the
instructor before the due date/time
(or as soon after your emergency as possible) to communicate the
situation. An emergency may be taken
into account when dealing with situations of this type. Be prepared to document your emergency. If the instructor approves any late
assignments, even then you may suffer a penalty of 20% of the assignment grade,
for each day the assignment is late.
·
For obtaining prior approvals from instructor with
regard to missing a class or submitting a late homework, 72-hour advance notice from the student is expected, for
non-emergency situations. Excuses
without proper documentation are unacceptable.
·
Grade appeals: If you are not
satisfied with a grade you have received for an exam, assignment, or quiz, the
instructor will be willing to review the situation. If you wish to appeal a grade, you may do so
with a verbal request initially. The
instructor may ask you to submit a brief written
summary of the situation to the instructor (e.g., an E-mail message), along
with a justification of why you believe a better score is warranted.
After reviewing the situation, the instructor will
provide you a feedback. Two key ground
rules apply: 1) you must appeal for a grade correction within one week of the time the score (for your
exam, homework, quiz, or participation) is made available to you, and 2) class
time will not be used to discuss grade appeals.
·
Quizzes: Announced and unannounced quizzes may be
given. The unannounced quizzes may be
given at any time during class session.
Typically, there will be no makeup quizzes. If the instructor approves any makeup
quizzes, even then the student may suffer a penalty (e.g., 50% off) on the
total score obtained by the student for the makeup quiz. If the instructor approves any makeup
quizzes, even then the student should expect to complete the quiz before the
quiz grades (feedback) are provided to the class, which could be as early as
the class period following the administration of the quiz.
·
Participation: Participation
scores will be evaluated based on several factors such as: 1) the quality of
each student's individual contribution to the classroom lecture/discussion, 2)
attendance, 3) punctuality, 4) group participation in class for team
activities, and 5) classroom conduct.
E-mail participation is acceptable to a certain extent, but cannot be
used to entirely substitute any of the above mentioned participation points evaluation
criteria. Full participation points are
not given merely for attendance and group participation activities. Individual participation points must be earned.
If a student comes to class every day, is polite, but
does not make a strong attempt to participate, then that student can expect to
earn low credit for participation (50-60%) of participation points). Students who participate occasionally (i.e.,
once every week or so), but do not do much to advance the discussion can expect
to earn a somewhat higher grade (60-80%).
Students who consistently contribute to the classroom discussions and
advance discussions in a meaningful and productive way will receive the highest
grades (80-100%).
·
"Silent"
participation: Students may wish to supplement their oral classroom contributions by
participating "silently" by submitting contributions to the
instructor (e.g., a relevant recent magazine clipping with description of why
clipping is useful, a link to a relevant WWW site with description of why site
is useful, an E-mail message which follows up on a class discussion,
etc.). As with in-class oral
participation, the "silent" contributions will be evaluated for
quality. Selected "silent"
contributions may be shared with the entire class via E-mail (so that the class
may benefit from the contribution). Note
that "silent" contributions may be used as a supplement to class
participation, but may not be used as a replacement for class attendance and/or
class participation.
·
Incomplete grades: Incomplete grades
are very rarely given. Students will not
be given an incomplete grade in the course unless there is a documented medical
reason and the conditions of the case warrant an incomplete grade. Substandard performance does not warrant an
incomplete grade.
PERSPECTIVES OF ISSUES
A variety of
perspectives recommended by the AACSB are to be addressed in this course:
Ethical, political, social, global, legal, regulatory and technological issues
are integrated into the course.
STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES:
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
Students are
expected to uphold the OSU standard of conduct for students relating to
academic dishonesty. As described in the
OSU Schedule of Classes,
…academic dishonesty is defined as an intentional act of deception in which a student seeks to claim credit for the work or effort of another person or uses unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any academic work….
Students assume
full responsibility for the content and integrity of the academic work they
submit. The guiding principle of
academic integrity shall be that a student's submitted work, examinations,
reports, and projects must be that student's own work for individual assignments, and the group’s own work for
group assignments/projects. Students
shall be guilty of academic dishonesty if they:
1. Use or obtain unauthorized materials or
assistance in any academic work (i.e., cheating).
2. Falsify or invent any information regarded
as cheating by the instructor (i.e., fabrication)
3. Give unauthorized assistance to other
students (i.e., assisting in dishonesty).
4. Represent the work of others as their
own (i.e. plagiarism).
5. Modify,
without instructor approval, an examination, paper, record or report for the
purpose of obtaining additional credit (i.e., tampering).
The penalty for
academic dishonesty is severe. Any
student guilty of academic dishonesty may be subject to receive a failing grade
for the exam, assignment, quiz, or class participation exercise as deemed
appropriate by the instructor. In
addition, the penalty could also imply that the student receive a failing grade
for the course and be reported to the University officials at the College of
Business, and the officials at the Office of Student Affairs.
If a student is
unclear about whether a particular situation may constitute academic
dishonesty, the student should meet with the instructor to discuss the
situation.